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ORIGINAL ALBUM SERIES VOL. 2

Jean-Luc Ponty

Jazz Rock/Fusion


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Boxset/Compilation, released in 2016

Songs / Tracks Listing

CD 1 "A Taste for Passion" (1979)
1. Stay with Me (5:38)
2. Sunset Drive (5:44)
3. Dreamy Eyes (4:20)
4. Beach Girl (4:57)
5. A Taste for Passion (5:25)
6. Life Cycles (5:47)
7. Reminiscence (1:28)
8. Give Us a Chance (3:21)
9. Obsession (0:41)
10. Farewell (3:01)

Total Time 40:22

CD 2 "Jean-Luc Ponty Live" (1979)
1. Aurora Pt. I (2:53)
2. Aurora Pt. II (6:18)
3. Imaginary Voyage Pt. III (4:25)
4. Imaginary Voyage Pt. IV (7:10)
5. Mirage (5:46)
6. No Strings Attached (5:59)
7. Egocentric Molecules (7:27)

Total Time 39:58

CD 3 "Civilized Evil" (1980)
1. Demagomania (6:28)
2. In Case We Survive (4:11)
3. Forms of Life (4:51)
4. Peace Crusaders (5:42)
5. Happy Robots (4:18)
6. Shape Up Your Mind (5:19)
7. Good Guys, Bad Guys (4:47)
8. Once a Blue Planet (4:04)

Total Time 39:40

CD 4 "Mystical Adventures" (1982)
1. Mystical Adventures Pt. I (3:28)
2. Mystical Adventures Pt. II (3:37)
3. Mystical Adventures Pt. III (7:30)
4. Mystical Adventures Pt. IV (0:47)
5. Mystical Adventures Pt. V (5:04)
6. Rhythms of Hope (4:03)
7. As (comp. by Stevie Wonder) (5:49)
8. Final Truth Pt. I (4:54)
9. Final Truth Pt. II (2:07)
10. Jig (3:56)

Total Time 41:15

CD 5 "Individual Choice" (1983)
1. Computer Incantations for World Peace (5:43)
2. Far from the Beaten Paths (6:02)
3. In Spiritual Love (7:02)
4. Eulogy to Oscar Romero (2:32)
5. Nostalgia (5:03)
6. Individual Choice (4:57)
7. In Spite of It All (5:55)

Total Time 37:14

Line-up / Musicians

- Jean-Luc Ponty / violin, keyboards, programming
- various co-musicians (see the separate albums)

Releases information

Rhino Entertainment, 081227955380. Five CD's in a cardboard sleeve.

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JEAN-LUC PONTY Original Album Series Vol. 2 ratings distribution


4.08
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Essential: a masterpiece of progressive rock music(33%)
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Excellent addition to any prog rock music collection(67%)
67%
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4 stars In the albums compiled here, Ponty's music is, as usual, full of resources that you can see coming for a good while before they reach you, but still, when they do so, they really get you. We can hear, e.g., the enveloping arpeggio by the electric guitar setting mood and ambiance for what's coming, t ... (read more)

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